New Delhi (NVI): Days after testing the land attack version of supersonic BrahMos missile, the Indian Navy today successfully test-fired the naval version of the missile from Andaman Nicobar islands territory.
The DRDO-developed missile was launched from Indian Navy’s INS Ranvijay and it hit the target near the Car Nicobar islands in the Bay of Bengal, as part of the ongoing series of tests of the supersonic cruise missile.
“Indian Navy hones its combat readiness. #BrahMos AShM launched by #INSRanvijay strikes target ship at max range with pinpoint accuracy in Bay of Bengal,” the Indian Navy tweeted.
#Indian Navy hones its combat readiness.#BrahMos AShM launched by #INSRanvijay strikes target ship at max range with pinpoint accuracy in Bay of Bengal. #CombatReady #Cohesive #Credible#AtmaNirbharBharat @SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/Q5FWHZK48g
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) December 1, 2020
The anti-ship version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with a maximum strike range of 300 kilometers successfully hit its target at around 9.25 am, according to the reports.
Earlier this week, a land-attack version of the BrahMos missile was successfully test-fired from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory. In September and October too, the Indian Army, Navy and IAF versions of the Brahmos were tested.
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is the world’s fastest operational system in its class.
In addition, the Defence Research and Development Organisation recently extended the range of the missile system from the existing 298 km to around 450 km.
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